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ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976)

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Alexander Calder's Rouge Mouille (Wet Red) features a background of red circles, some dispersing like explosions, creating a sense of energetic expansion, and others running downward as if streaming trails of a firework display. This animated backdrop is adorned with numerous opaque round balls, predominantly black, but interspersed with striking blue, red, and subtle yellow spheres. The strategic placement of the colorful spheres against the explosive reds captures the awe and spectacle of a fireworks show, transforming the painting into a visual metaphor for this dazzling and celebratory event. The artwork resonates with excitement and vibrancy, encapsulating its ephemeral beauty in a static medium.
Alexander Calder's Rouge Mouille (Wet Red) features a background of red circles, some dispersing like explosions, creating a sense of energetic expansion, and others running downward as if streaming trails of a firework display. This animated backdrop is adorned with numerous opaque round balls, predominantly black, but interspersed with striking blue, red, and subtle yellow spheres. The strategic placement of the colorful spheres against the explosive reds captures the awe and spectacle of a fireworks show, transforming the painting into a visual metaphor for this dazzling and celebratory event. The artwork resonates with excitement and vibrancy, encapsulating its ephemeral beauty in a static medium. Alexander Calder's Rouge Mouille (Wet Red) features a background of red circles, some dispersing like explosions, creating a sense of energetic expansion, and others running downward as if streaming trails of a firework display. This animated backdrop is adorned with numerous opaque round balls, predominantly black, but interspersed with striking blue, red, and subtle yellow spheres. The strategic placement of the colorful spheres against the explosive reds captures the awe and spectacle of a fireworks show, transforming the painting into a visual metaphor for this dazzling and celebratory event. The artwork resonates with excitement and vibrancy, encapsulating its ephemeral beauty in a static medium. Alexander Calder's Rouge Mouille (Wet Red) features a background of red circles, some dispersing like explosions, creating a sense of energetic expansion, and others running downward as if streaming trails of a firework display. This animated backdrop is adorned with numerous opaque round balls, predominantly black, but interspersed with striking blue, red, and subtle yellow spheres. The strategic placement of the colorful spheres against the explosive reds captures the awe and spectacle of a fireworks show, transforming the painting into a visual metaphor for this dazzling and celebratory event. The artwork resonates with excitement and vibrancy, encapsulating its ephemeral beauty in a static medium. Alexander Calder's Rouge Mouille (Wet Red) features a background of red circles, some dispersing like explosions, creating a sense of energetic expansion, and others running downward as if streaming trails of a firework display. This animated backdrop is adorned with numerous opaque round balls, predominantly black, but interspersed with striking blue, red, and subtle yellow spheres. The strategic placement of the colorful spheres against the explosive reds captures the awe and spectacle of a fireworks show, transforming the painting into a visual metaphor for this dazzling and celebratory event. The artwork resonates with excitement and vibrancy, encapsulating its ephemeral beauty in a static medium. Alexander Calder's Rouge Mouille (Wet Red) features a background of red circles, some dispersing like explosions, creating a sense of energetic expansion, and others running downward as if streaming trails of a firework display. This animated backdrop is adorned with numerous opaque round balls, predominantly black, but interspersed with striking blue, red, and subtle yellow spheres. The strategic placement of the colorful spheres against the explosive reds captures the awe and spectacle of a fireworks show, transforming the painting into a visual metaphor for this dazzling and celebratory event. The artwork resonates with excitement and vibrancy, encapsulating its ephemeral beauty in a static medium. Alexander Calder's Rouge Mouille (Wet Red) features a background of red circles, some dispersing like explosions, creating a sense of energetic expansion, and others running downward as if streaming trails of a firework display. This animated backdrop is adorned with numerous opaque round balls, predominantly black, but interspersed with striking blue, red, and subtle yellow spheres. The strategic placement of the colorful spheres against the explosive reds captures the awe and spectacle of a fireworks show, transforming the painting into a visual metaphor for this dazzling and celebratory event. The artwork resonates with excitement and vibrancy, encapsulating its ephemeral beauty in a static medium. Alexander Calder's Rouge Mouille (Wet Red) features a background of red circles, some dispersing like explosions, creating a sense of energetic expansion, and others running downward as if streaming trails of a firework display. This animated backdrop is adorned with numerous opaque round balls, predominantly black, but interspersed with striking blue, red, and subtle yellow spheres. The strategic placement of the colorful spheres against the explosive reds captures the awe and spectacle of a fireworks show, transforming the painting into a visual metaphor for this dazzling and celebratory event. The artwork resonates with excitement and vibrancy, encapsulating its ephemeral beauty in a static medium.
Rouge Mouille196542 1/4 x 29 5/8 in.(107.32 x 75.25 cm) gouache and ink on paper
Provenance
Galerie Maeght, Paris
Private Collection, 1974
Exhibition
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, Calder, 8 July–15 October 1965, originated from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, no. 292. Work only shown in Paris.
Galerie Jan Krugier & Cie, Geneva, Alexander Calder, 9 June–30 July 1966
 Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, Calder, 2 April–31 May 1969
 Crane Gallery, London, Calder: Oils, Gouaches, Mobiles and Tapestries, 5 March–1 May 1992
 
Literature
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, Cald...More...er, 8 July–15 October 1965, originated from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, no. 292, pg. 53 in text.
Galerie Jan Krugier & Cie, Geneva, Alexander Calder, 9 June–30 July 1966. no. 30 in text
Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, Calder, 2 April–31 May 1969, no. 224, pg.78 in text
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Alexander Calder's Rouge Mouille (Wet Red) features a background of red circles, some dispersing like explosions, creating a sense of energetic expansion, and others running downward as if streaming trails of a firework display. This animated backdrop is adorned with numerous opaque round balls, predominantly black, but interspersed with striking blue, red, and subtle yellow spheres. The strategic placement of the colorful spheres against the explosive reds captures the awe and spectacle of a fireworks show, transforming the painting into a visual metaphor for this dazzling and celebratory event. The artwork resonates with excitement and vibrancy, encapsulating its ephemeral beauty in a static medium.
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